Women leaving prison often have limited housing arrangements on release. This chapter discusses some challenges in securing housing for women leaving prison in NL. Both formerly incarcerated women and service providers explain challenges to housing and share what they believe is needed so that women ...
This report, "Taking Stock: Housing, Homelessness, and Prisoner Reentry," examines how those who have spent time in prison or jail fare in securing safe and affordable housing following their release and discusses housing programming and practice designed to assist them. Every prisoner facing disch...
Discussion To our knowledge, this study is the first to examine the association of restrictive housing with mortality after release. We found that people who had spent any time in restrictive housing during incarceration in a state prison in North Carolina were significantly more likely to die of...
Formerly-incarcerated individuals were surveyed about previous housing situations and abstinence self-efficacy after release from prison or inpatient substance use treatment. Models were estimated with both days spent in different housing situations in the past 180 and past 30 days. More time spent in ...
1. It is widely recognised that the successful resettlement of an offender within the community is probably the best guarantee against reoffending. Effective preparation for release is therefore a good investment and helps people avoid returning to prison because they have nowher...
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This points to a need for the justice system to work closely with the health and social development systems to ensure that people are well-supported during and after prison-time, and ultimately to prevent high rates of imprisonment. Reducing poverty is an important factor in reducing homelessness...
Kash Delano Register outside a Los Angeles restaurant in November 2013 after his release from prison. (Christina House / For The Times) The state Senate has approved payment of $2.96 million to settle three claims by men who were wrongly convicted for crimes...
Officials have been under intense pressure from advocates, some state lawmakers and two federal judges to release more inmates, particularly after a botched transfer of infected inmates into San Quentin State Prison led to the state’s worst prison outbreak. Nearly 170 inmates still are infected...
Kash Delano Register outside a Los Angeles restaurant in November 2013 after his release from prison. (Christina House / For The Times) The state Senate has approved payment of $2.96 million to settle three claims by men who were wrongly convicted for crimes in...